[ILL-L] ? Very Low Number of New LendingRequests(especially journals) ?

[Sue Gagnon]

You make a very good point, Carol.  Though lending is back up in numbers
today, our lending requests have been down.  We have done a fair amount
of weeding in periodicals and now what LHRs we have may not be accurate.
However, beginning today two catalogers will begin to update LHRs during
their reference desk hours when not busy.  It would be nice if they
could put full efforts to this project, but I am happy to finally see
this project underway.   Hopefully our lending numbers will continue to
rise as more LHRs are created/updated.

Sincerely,
Sue
 
Susan E. Gagnon
Interlibrary Loan Specialist
Geisel Library - ILL
Saint Anselm College
100 Saint Anselm Drive
Manchester, NH  03102
sgagnon at anselm.edu
Tel:  603-641-7303
Fax:  603-641-7345

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[mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Carol A. Vaeth
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 9:34 AM
To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
Subject: RE: [ILL-L] ? Very Low Number of New
LendingRequests(especiallyjournals) ?

Just out of curiosity, do those libraries that are seeing a reduction in
Lending have their LHRs (local holding records)in OCLC?  I suspect that
many libraries take the time in the summer to update their Custom
Holdings lists and we all know that when selecting our lender string, we
favor those libraries that show their holdings information. Just another
possible factor...

Carol A. Vaeth 
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[mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Willa Reister
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 9:21 AM
To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
Subject: RE: [ILL-L] ? Very Low Number of New Lending
Requests(especiallyjournals) ?

Full text databases are certainly a factor.  We are using them to fill
many 
of our requests and assume we are not alone.
Willa Reister

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From: "Melissa Jackson" <Melissa.Jackson at armstrong.edu>
To: "Interlibrary Loan Listserv" <ill-l at webjunction.org>
Sent: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:51:32 -0400
Subject: RE: [ILL-L] ? Very Low Number of New Lending Requests 
(especiallyjournals) ?

> We've noticed lower-than-usual numbers as well.  We've been thinking 
> that it was in part due to the rise in full-text databases.
> 
> Melissa Jackson
> ILL Librarian
> Armstrong Atlantic State University (GAC)
> 
> >>> 
> From: 	"Sue Gagnon" <SGagnon at Anselm.Edu>
> To:	"Interlibrary Loan Listserv" <ill-l at webjunction.org>
> Date: 	9/8/2008 10:16 AM
> Subject: 	RE: [ILL-L] ? Very Low Number of New Lending Requests 
> (especiallyjournals) ?
> 
> Joe,
> 
> We have been experiencing the same here at SAC.  We usually get a lot
> more this time of year.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Sue
> 
> Susan E. Gagnon
> 
> Interlibrary Loan Specialist
> 
> Geisel Library - ILL
> 
> Saint Anselm College
> 
> 100 Saint Anselm Drive
> 
> Manchester, NH  03102
> 
> sgagnon at anselm.edu
> 
> Tel:  603-641-7303
> 
> Fax:  603-641-7345
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org 
> [mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of joseph augustin
> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 9:50 AM
> To: Interlibrary Loan Listserv
> Subject: [ILL-L] ? Very Low Number of New Lending Requests
> (especiallyjournals) ?
> 
> Hi,
>      we've a had a suspiciously low number of new journal requests
> coming through in the past two weeks.
> This seems strange to me, as this is usually the beginning of one of 
> our "peak seasons" for lending. If anyone has been experiencing the 
> same problem lately, or has any idea why this may be, please let me
know.
> 
> Thank You,
>      ~Joe
> 
> -- 
> Joe Augustin
> Interlibrary Loan & E-Serials
> Earlham College (IEC)
> (765) 983-1307
> ill at earlham.edu
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